PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION

DATA PROTECTION STATEMENT


1) Introduction and contact details of the responsible person
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we will inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. In this context, personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) is Wagner GmbH & Co. KG, Waltershäuser Str. 21, 99867 Gotha, Germany, Tel.: 036214296367, e-mail: info@vapowelt.de. The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

1.3 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or enquiries to the controller). You can recognise an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.

2) Data collection when visiting our website
When you use our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to the page server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

Our visited website
Date and time at the time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you reached the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (if applicable: in anonymised form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data is not passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.

3) Cookies
In order to make visiting our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your terminal device. In some cases, these cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called "session cookies"), in other cases, these cookies remain on your end device for a longer period of time and allow you to save page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO either for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO in the case of consent given or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.

You can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually about their acceptance or can exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally.

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

4) Contacting us
4.1 Trustpilot

For rating reminders, we use the services of the following provider: Trustpilot A/S, Pilestræde 58, 1112 Copenhagen K, Denmark.

Exclusively on the basis of your express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO, we transmit your e-mail address and, if applicable, other customer data to the provider so that it can contact you by e-mail with a rating reminder.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis us or the provider.

We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

4.2 When contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is processed - exclusively for the purpose of processing and answering your request and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. If your contact is aimed at a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO. Your data will be deleted when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

5) Data processing when opening a customer account
Pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent required in each case if you provide us with this data when opening a customer account. The data required for opening an account can be found in the input mask of the corresponding form on our website.

Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above address of the person responsible. After deletion of your customer account, your data will be deleted, provided that all contracts concluded via it have been fully processed, no legal retention periods are opposed and no legitimate interest on our part in the continued storage exists.

6) Use of customer data for direct marketing purposes
6.1 Registration for our e-mail newsletter

If you register for our e-mail newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory data for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of further data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you will only receive newsletters if you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by activating a verification link sent to the specified e-mail address.

By activating the verification link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. We store your IP address entered by your Internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data we collect when you register for the newsletter is used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the responsible person named at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data in a manner that goes beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

6.2 Goods availability notification by e-mail

For items that are temporarily unavailable, you can sign up to receive goods availability notifications by email. In this case, we will send you a one-time e-mail message about the availability of the item you have selected. Only your e-mail address is required for sending this notification. The provision of further data is voluntary and may be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending e-mails, which ensures that you will only receive a notification if you have expressly confirmed your consent to this by activating a verification link sent to the e-mail address provided.

By activating the verification link, you give us your consent for the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. We store your IP address entered by your Internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data we collect when you register for our goods availability e-mail notification service is used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the availability notifications at any time by sending a message to the responsible person mentioned at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be deleted immediately from our mailing list set up for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data in a manner that goes beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

6.3 In the event that you cancel your purchase with us before completing the order, you have the option of being sent a one-off reminder by e-mail of the contents of your virtual shopping basket.
The only mandatory information for sending this reminder is your e-mail address. The provision of further data is voluntary and may be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending e-mails, which ensures that you will only receive a notification if you have expressly confirmed your consent to this by activating a verification link sent to the e-mail address provided.

By activating the verification link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO for sending a shopping basket reminder. In doing so, we store your IP address entered by your Internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data we collect when you register for our e-mail notification service is used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the shopping basket reminders at any time by sending a message to the responsible person mentioned at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be deleted immediately from our mailing list set up for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

7) Data processing for order processing
7.1 Insofar as necessary for the processing of the contract for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we will process the contact data (name, address, e-mail address) provided by you when placing the order in order to inform you personally by suitable means of communication (e.g. by post or e-mail) about upcoming updates within the legally stipulated period of time within the framework of our statutory duty to inform pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. c DSGVO. Your contact details will be used strictly for the purpose of informing you about updates owed by us and will only be processed by us for this purpose to the extent that this is necessary for the respective information.

In order to process your order, we also work together with the following service provider(s), who support us in whole or in part in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transferred to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

7.2 Transfer of personal data to shipping service providers

7.3 German Post

We use the following provider as our transport service provider: Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn, Germany.

In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent to this in the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the supplier for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. The disclosure will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the supplier or the delivery announcement is not possible.

The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the responsible person named above or vis-à-vis the supplier.

7.4 DHL

We use the following provider as transport service provider: DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany.

In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the supplier for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. The disclosure will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the supplier or the delivery announcement is not possible.

The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the responsible person named above or vis-à-vis the provider.

7.5 DHL Express

We use the following provider as transport service provider: DHL Express Germany GmbH, Heinrich-Brüning-Str. 5, 53113 Bonn, Germany.

We pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of agreeing a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the supplier for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. The disclosure will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the supplier or the delivery announcement is not possible.

The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the responsible person named above or vis-à-vis the provider.

7.6 DHL Freight

We use the following provider as transport service provider: DHL Freight GmbH, Godesberger Allee 102-104, 53175 Bonn, Germany.

In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the supplier for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. The disclosure will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the supplier or the delivery announcement is not possible.

The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the responsible person named above or vis-à-vis the supplier.

7.7 DPD

We use the following provider as transport service provider: DPD Deutschland GmbH, Wailandtstraße 1, 63741 Aschaffenburg, Germany.

In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent to this in the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the supplier for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. The disclosure will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the supplier or the delivery announcement is not possible.

The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the responsible person named above or vis-à-vis the Provider.

7.8 GLS

We use the following provider as transport service provider: General Logistics Systems Germany GmbH & Co OHG, GLS Germany-Straße 1 - 7, 36286 Neuenstein, Germany.

In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the supplier for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. The disclosure will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the supplier or the delivery announcement is not possible.

The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the responsible person named above or vis-à-vis the provider.

7.9 UPS

We use the following provider as transport service provider: United Parcel Service Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, Görlitzer Straße 1, 41460 Neuss, Germany.

We pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the supplier for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. The disclosure will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the supplier or the delivery announcement is not possible.

The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the responsible person named above or vis-à-vis the provider.

7.10 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

- Amazon Pay

One or more online payment methods of the following provider are available on this website: Amazon Payments Europe s.c.a., 38 avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg.

If you select a payment method of the provider for which you make an advance payment (e.g. credit card payment), your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. In this case, your data will only be passed on for the purpose of processing payment with the provider and only insofar as it is necessary for this purpose.
- Google Pay
If you opt for the "Google Pay" payment method of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), the payment processing is carried out via the "Google Pay" application of your mobile device running at least Android 4.4 ("KitKat") and having an NFC function by charging a payment card deposited with Google Pay or a payment system verified there (e.g. PayPal). For the release of a payment via Google Pay in the amount of more than €25, the prior unlocking of your mobile end device by the respective verification measure set up (such as facial recognition, password, fingerprint or pattern) is required.
For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provide during the ordering process, together with information about your order, will be passed on to Google. Google then transmits your payment information stored in Google Pay in the form of a uniquely assigned transaction number to the source website, which is used to verify a payment that has been made. This transaction number does not contain any information about the real payment data of your payment means deposited with Google Pay, but is created and transmitted as a one-time valid numeric token. For all transactions via Google Pay, Google only acts as an intermediary to process the payment. The transaction is carried out exclusively in the relationship between the user and the source website by debiting the means of payment deposited with Google Pay.
Insofar as personal data is processed during the described transfers, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO.
Google reserves the right to collect, store and evaluate certain transaction-specific information for each transaction made via Google Pay. This includes the date, time and amount of the transaction, merchant location and description, a description of the goods or services purchased provided by the merchant, photos you have attached to the transaction, the name and email address of the seller and buyer or sender and recipient, the payment method used, your description for the reason for the transaction and, where applicable, the offer associated with the transaction.
According to Google, this processing is carried out exclusively in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO on the basis of the legitimate interest in proper billing, verification of transaction data and optimisation and functional maintenance of the Google Pay service.
Google also reserves the right to merge the processed transaction data with other information that is collected and stored by Google when using other Google services.
The Google Pay terms of use can be found here:
https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/u/0/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=googlepaytos&ldl=de
Further information on data protection with Google Pay can be found at the following internet address:
https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice&ldl=de
- giropay

One or more online payment methods of the following provider are available on this website: paydirekt GmbH, Stephanstr. 14-16, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

If you select a payment method of the provider for which you make an advance payment (e.g. credit card payment), your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information on the content of your order will be passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. In this case, your data will only be passed on for the purpose of processing payment with the provider and only insofar as it is necessary for this purpose.
- Klarna

One or more online payment methods of the following provider are available on this website: Klarna Bank AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden.

If you select a payment method from the provider where you make an advance payment (such as credit card payment), your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO. In this case, your data will only be passed on for the purpose of processing payment with the provider and only insofar as it is necessary for this purpose.

If you select a payment method for which the provider makes an advance payment (e.g. purchase by invoice or instalment or direct debit), you will also be asked to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, town, date of birth, e-mail address, telephone number, if applicable data on an alternative means of payment) during the ordering process.

In order to safeguard our legitimate interest in determining the solvency of our customers, this data is forwarded by us to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. On the basis of the personal data provided by you as well as further data (such as shopping basket, invoice amount, order history, payment experience), the provider checks whether the payment option selected by you can be granted with regard to payment and/or bad debt risks.

For the decision in the context of the application check, identity and creditworthiness information from the following credit agencies may be included in addition to internal provider criteria in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO:

https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/credit_rating_agencies

The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they have their basis in a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, but is not limited to, address data.

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to us or to the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary to process payments in accordance with the contract.
- Mollie

On this website, one or more online payment methods are available from the following provider: Mollie B.V., Keizersgracht 313, 1016 EE Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

If you select a payment method of the provider for which you make an advance payment (e.g. credit card payment), your payment data (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) provided during the ordering process will be passed on to the provider as well as information about the content of your order in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. In this case, your data will only be passed on for the purpose of processing payment with the provider and only insofar as it is necessary for this purpose.
- Paydirekt

One or more online payment methods of the following provider are available on this website: paydirekt GmbH, Hamburger Allee 26-28, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

If you select a payment method of the provider for which you make an advance payment (e.g. credit card payment), your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. In this case, your data will only be passed on for the purpose of processing payment with the provider and only insofar as it is necessary for this purpose.
- Paymorrow

One or more online payment methods of the following provider are available on this website: InterCard AG, Alstertor 9, 20095 Hamburg, Germany.

If you select a payment method of the provider for which you make an advance payment (e.g. credit card payment), your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information on the content of your order will be passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. In this case, your data will only be passed on for the purpose of processing payment with the provider and only insofar as it is necessary for this purpose.

If you select a payment method for which the provider makes an advance payment (e.g. purchase by invoice or instalment or direct debit), you will also be asked to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, town, date of birth, e-mail address, telephone number, if applicable data on an alternative means of payment) during the ordering process.

In order to safeguard our legitimate interest in determining the solvency of our customers, this data is forwarded by us to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. On the basis of the personal data provided by you as well as further data (such as shopping basket, invoice amount, order history, payment experience), the provider checks whether the payment option selected by you can be granted with regard to payment and/or bad debt risks.

For the decision within the scope of the application check, identity and creditworthiness information from the following credit agencies may be included in addition to provider-internal criteria in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO:

- CRIF GmbH, Leopoldstraße 244, 80807 Munich,
Tel.: +49 (0) 40 - 89 80 3 - 0, Fax: -777
- Creditreform Boniversum GmbH, Hammfelddamm 13, 41460 Neuss, Tel.: +49 (0)2131-109501, Fax: -557
- infoscore Consumer Data GmbH, Data Protection Department, Rheinstraße 99, D-76532 Baden-Baden, Fax: +49 (7221) 5040-3201
- "Real" Inform GmbH, Normannenweg 32, 20537 Hamburg, Germany, Fax: +49 40 23 88 14-59

The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they have their basis in a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, but is not limited to, address data.

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to us or to the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual processing of payments.
- Paypal

One or more online payment methods of the following provider are available on this website: PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg.

If you select a payment method of the provider for which you make an advance payment (e.g. credit card payment), your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. In this case, your data will only be passed on for the purpose of processing payment with the provider and only insofar as it is necessary for this purpose.

If you select a payment method for which the provider makes an advance payment (e.g. purchase by invoice or instalment or direct debit), you will also be asked to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, town, date of birth, e-mail address, telephone number, if applicable data on an alternative means of payment) during the ordering process.

In order to safeguard our legitimate interest in determining the solvency of our customers, this data is forwarded by us to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. On the basis of the personal data provided by you and other data (such as shopping basket, invoice amount, order history, payment experience), the provider checks whether the payment option selected by you can be granted with regard to payment and/or bad debt risks.

The creditworthiness information may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they have their basis in a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, but is not limited to, address data.

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to us or to the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual processing of payments.
- Paypal Checkout
This website uses PayPal Checkout, an online payment system from PayPal, which consists of PayPal's own payment methods and local payment methods from third-party providers.
When you pay via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "Pay Later" via PayPal, we pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal") as part of the payment processing. The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO and only insofar as this is necessary for the payment processing.
For the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "Pay later" via PayPal - PayPal reserves the right to conduct a credit check. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit check in terms of the statistical probability of non-payment for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The creditworthiness information may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they have their basis in a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, but is not limited to, address data. You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual processing of payments.
If you select the PayPal payment method "purchase on account", your payment data will first be transmitted to PayPal in preparation for payment, whereupon PayPal will forward this data to Ratepay GmbH, Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin ("Ratepay") in order to process the payment. The legal basis in each case is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. In this case, RatePay carries out an identity and creditworthiness check on its own behalf to determine solvency in accordance with the principle already mentioned above and passes on your payment data to credit agencies on the basis of the legitimate interest in determining solvency in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. A list of the credit agencies that Ratepay may use can be found here: https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-creditagencies/
If you use the payment method of a local third-party provider, your payment data will first be passed on to PayPal in preparation for the payment in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Depending on your selection of an available local payment method, PayPal will then transmit your payment data to the corresponding provider in order to carry out the payment in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO:
- Sofort (SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany).
- iDeal (Currence Holding BV, Beethovenstraat 300 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- giropay (Paydirekt GmbH, Stephanstr. 14-16, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- bancontact (Bancontact Payconiq Company, Rue d'Arlon 82, 1040 Brussels, Belgium)
- blik (Polski Standard Płatności sp. z o.o., ul. Czerniakowska 87A, 00-718 Warsaw, Poland)
- eps (PSA Payment Services Austria GmbH, Handelskai 92, Gate 2
1200 Vienna, Austria)
- MyBank (PRETA S.A.S, 40 Rue de Courcelles, F-75008 Paris, France)
- Przelewy24 (PayPro SA, Kanclerska 15A, 60-326 Poznań, Poland).
For further information on data protection, please refer to PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
- SOFORT

One or more online payment methods of the following provider are available on this website: SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany.

If you select a payment method of the provider for which you make an advance payment (e.g. credit card payment), your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. In this case, your data will only be passed on for the purpose of processing payment with the provider and only insofar as it is necessary for this purpose.
- bancontact

One or more online payment methods of the following provider are available on this website: Bancontact Payconiq Company, Rue d'Arlon 82, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.

If you select a payment method from the provider for which you make an advance payment (such as credit card payment), your payment data (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) provided during the ordering process will be passed on to the provider, as well as information about the content of your order, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO. In this case, your data will only be passed on for the purpose of processing payment with the provider and only insofar as it is necessary for this purpose.
- iDeal

On this website, one or more online payment methods of the following provider are available: Currence Holding BV, Beethovenstraat 300 Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

If you select a payment method of the provider for which you make an advance payment (e.g. credit card payment), your payment data (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) provided during the ordering process will be passed on to the provider as well as information about the content of your order in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO. In this case, your data will only be passed on for the purpose of processing payment with the provider and only insofar as it is necessary for this purpose.

8) Web analytics services
8.1 Google Analytics 4

This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), which enables an analysis of your use of our website.

By default, Google Analytics 4 does not use cookies when you visit the website unless you expressly consent to cookies. Instead, information about your usage behaviour is collected and processed through so-called pings (small data packets sent to the host of an end device). The scope of this information also includes your IP address, which is, however, shortened by Google by the last digits in order to exclude a direct personal reference.

The information is transferred to Google servers and processed there. This may also involve transmission to Google LLC, which is based in the USA.
Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for us and to provide other services associated with website and internet use. The IP address transmitted and shortened by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. The data collected in the context of the use of Google Analytics 4 will be stored for a period of two months and then deleted.

All processing described above, including the transmission of data by "pings" and the possible setting of Google Analytics cookies, will only take place if you have given us your express consent for this in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO.

Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 will not be used during your visit to the site. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of revocation, please deactivate this service via the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

We have concluded an order processing agreement with Google, which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.
For the transfer of data to the USA, Google refers to standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection.
Further legal information on Google Analytics 4, including a copy of the aforementioned standard contractual clauses, can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Demographic characteristics
Google Analytics 4 uses the special "demographic characteristics" function and can use this to generate statistics that make statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This is done by analysing advertising and information from third-party providers. This allows target groups to be identified for marketing activities. However, the collected data cannot be assigned to a specific person and is deleted after being stored for a period of two months.

Google Signals
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, Google Signals can be used on this website to generate cross-device reports. If you have activated personalised ads and linked your devices to your Google account, Google may, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO, analyse your usage behaviour across devices and create database models, including on cross-device conversions. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you would like to stop the cross-device analysis, you can deactivate the "Personalised advertising" function in the settings of your Google account. To do so, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de You can find more information about Google Signals at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de

UserIDs
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, the "UserIDs" function can be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google Analytics 4 pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO, have set up an account on this website and log in with this account on various devices, your activities, including conversions, can be analysed across devices.

8.2 Google Tag Manager

This website uses the "Google Tag Manager", a service of the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: "Google").

The Google Tag Manager provides a technical basis for bundling various web applications, including tracking and analysis services, and for calibrating, controlling and attaching conditions to them via a uniform user interface. The Google Tag Manager itself does not store any information on user devices or read them out. The service also does not carry out any independent data analyses. However, your IP address is transmitted to Google by the Google Tag Manager when you access a page and may be stored there. Transmission to Google LLC. servers in the USA is also possible. in the USA is possible.

This processing is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. Without this consent, Google Tag Manager will not be used during your visit to the site. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

For the transfer of data to the USA, the provider refers to standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection.

9) Site functionalities
Trustami trustmark

On our website, graphic elements of the following provider are integrated for the display of external customer ratings and/or an externally awarded quality seal: Trustami GmbH, Schröderstraße 5, 10115 Berlin, Germany.

When you access a page of our website that contains such graphic elements, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers in order to load the elements properly. In this process, certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

If personal data is also processed in this process, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our offer and the appealing design of our website.

10) Tools and other
weclapp

We use the service of the cloud-based accounting software of the following provider to do our accounting: weclapp SE, Neue Mainzer Straße 66 - 68, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

The provider processes incoming and outgoing invoices as well as, if applicable, the bank transactions of our company in order to automatically record invoices, match them to the transactions and create the financial accounting from this in a semi-automated process.

Insofar as personal data is also processed in this process, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in the efficient organisation and documentation of our business transactions.

11) Rights of the data subject
11.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the stated legal basis for the respective prerequisites for exercising these rights:

Right to information pursuant to Art. 15 DSGVO;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 DSGVO;
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO;
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw consent granted pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO.

11.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

12) Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data is measured on the basis of the respective legal basis, the processing purpose and - if relevant - additionally on the basis of the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, the data concerned will be stored until you revoke your consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data that is processed within the scope of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, this data will be routinely deleted after expiry of the retention periods, insofar as it is no longer required for the fulfilment of a contract or the initiation of a contract and/or there is no further justified interest on our part in continuing to store it.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(1) DSGVO, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 (2) DSGVO.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this statement on specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.